SOCB44H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 Sept 24 2012.docx
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For a long time urban history european part of view india early urban civilian indus. River in indus region the goes by from 2500 bce. Moenjo daro- one of the thriving settlements had buildings made out of mud had 2 storey building. Like the romans they had heated pools also large well for water. Most remarkable discovery was a sanitation system. Functioning sanitation system and heated water system in 2500 bce. Bath in england south west of england relatively large cities bath was a roman town roman established a elaborate system to attach the springs in the underground. They also had evaluated aquatics which carried water through pumps. Constantinople-in turkey it reached population 400 000 the city was the largest and wealthiest european city of the middle ages. Max weber- he argued that cities in the east. Had one thing missing from the west. Dominant social system in the eastern society kept dominating.
